Clothes-line fastener.



C. B. HUMBLE.

CLOTHES LINE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28. 1917.

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gwuemioz CHARLES B. HUMBLE, or ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-LINE FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 28, 1917. Serial No. 158,034.

To. all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CHARLES HUMBLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Fasteners, of whichthe following is a specification, refer ence being had therein to the.accompanying drawing.

The present invention has reference generally to improvements in thatclass of inventions known as buckles, buttons and clasps and moreparticularly relates to improved clothes line fasteners.

As the primary aim and object this invention contemplates the provisionof a novel grip on the main base for frictionally receiving a clothesline or other rope subse quent to engaging the clothes line in one ofthe cooperating hooks also on the base plate.

It is an equally important object of the present invention to soconstruct the clothes line fastener that the gripping means is arrangedbetween the engaging hooks so that a clothes line may be engaged in oneof the hooks in the gripping means and finally in the other hook so thatthe parts thus cooperate in effectively fastening the clothes line.

Among the other aims and objects this invention contemplates theprovision of a device of the character mentioned with a view tocompactness, and in which the number of parts are few, the constructionsimple, the plosiil of production low and the efficiency Other objectsas well as the nature, characteristic features and scope of thisinvention will be. more readily apparent from the following descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings and pointed out inthe claim, forming a part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective of improved clothes line fastener showing aportion of the clothes line mounted therein.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a top plan thereof, and

Fig. 4 is an end elevation.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the abovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings I providea substantially rectangular base plate 1 having fastening devlce receivng openings 2 formed in the respective corners thereof for facilitatingthe attaching of the device to a suitable support.

Extending outwardly from the front face of the plate adjacent-therespective ends thereof are hooks 3 and 4 the outer terminals of thehooks projecting in oppositedi rections to each other and terminating beyond the respective ends of the plate and are engaged by a clothes lineor other rope 5 in a manner that will presently be described.

ith a view toward providing my improved gripping means I have formed onthe outer face of the plate 1 approximately midway the hooks 3 and l, agrip which in the present instance consists of a substantiallyrectangular body 6. As illustrated, the body is approximatelyrectangular in cross section and is integral with the plate beingarranged at right angles to the plate. The side faces however arearranged at an in clination to the ends of the plate while the upper andlower edges are arranged at an inclination to the side edges of the baseplate. The body is provided on its outer edge with a transverse V-shapedslot 7 and owing to the inclination of the body the walls of the slotare correspondingly inclined. It will be observed upon reference to Fig.i that the inner end of the slot is arranged in substantial alinementwith the bend of the hooks 3 and A while the slot is incidentallyarranged in substantially the same plane as the hooks though as statedthe walls of the slot are inclined. Such would be the case even if thebody of the grip was of a difierent configuration.

In applying the clothes line 5 or other rope to the fastener it will beassumed that a nortion of the rope is extended at an inclination to thehook 3 and is engaged thereon as indicated in Fig. 1 and is extended inthe direction of the opposite hook A being wedged in the slot 7 andwrapped about the body and again engaged in the slot whereupon it isextended to the other hook 4 and thence if desired it may be connectedto a similar fastener, (not shown) which may be situated a suitabledistance therefrom. As is apparent by providing a plurality of thesedevices and arranging them longitudinally on opposite sides of asuitable inclosure Patented. Jan. 1, 1 918.

the clothes line may be effectively mounted and when desired can bereadily taken down so as to occupy only a small amount of space. It isthought from the foregoing description that a further description of theinvention is unnecessary and likewise it is believed that the advantagesof the invention will be readily apparent.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanyingdrawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of myinvention and that various minor changes in detail of construction,proportion and arrangement of the parts may be made within the scope ofthe appended claim and without sacrificing any of the advantages of myinvention.

.Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

A clothes line fastener including an attachment plate, hooks extendingoutwardly from the front face of the plate adjacent the respective endsand projecting in opposite directions to each other, and a gripconsisting of a body integral with the front face of the plateintermediate the hooks and eX- tending from the plate and having a V-shaped slot in the outer edge and extending therethrough at aninclination so as to frictionally receive a clothes line subsequent toengaging the clothes line on one of the hooks and preparatory toengaging it on the opposite hook.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES B. HUMBLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

